Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 14
... occasions . he was never known to press the hesitating and embarrassed examinant , but oftentimes on the contrary would take all the pains of expound- ing on himself , and credit the exonerated can- didate for answers and ...
... occasions . he was never known to press the hesitating and embarrassed examinant , but oftentimes on the contrary would take all the pains of expound- ing on himself , and credit the exonerated can- didate for answers and ...
Page 19
... occasion to lament that he had bestowed so great a por- tion of his time and talents upon criticism in- stead of employing them upon original com- position , he acknowledged the justice of her regret with extreme sensibility , and ...
... occasion to lament that he had bestowed so great a por- tion of his time and talents upon criticism in- stead of employing them upon original com- position , he acknowledged the justice of her regret with extreme sensibility , and ...
Page 24
... occasion to recall the atten- tion of my readers to what I have further to relate of him . Elizabeth Bentley , eldest daughter of her father , first married Humphry Ridge Esquire , and after his decease the Reverend Doctor - Fa- vell ...
... occasion to recall the atten- tion of my readers to what I have further to relate of him . Elizabeth Bentley , eldest daughter of her father , first married Humphry Ridge Esquire , and after his decease the Reverend Doctor - Fa- vell ...
Page 25
... occasions she would persist in a determined taciturnity to the regret of the company present , and at other times would lead off in her best manner , when perhaps none were present , who could taste the spirit and amenity of her humour ...
... occasions she would persist in a determined taciturnity to the regret of the company present , and at other times would lead off in her best manner , when perhaps none were present , who could taste the spirit and amenity of her humour ...
Page 32
... occasion , when these gentlemen entered the school - room , in the execution of their office , ( I being then in the rostrum in the act of construing Juvenal ) he ordered me to proceed without noticing their appearance , and something ...
... occasion , when these gentlemen entered the school - room , in the execution of their office , ( I being then in the rostrum in the act of construing Juvenal ) he ordered me to proceed without noticing their appearance , and something ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amongst amusement attention believe bestowed better Bishop boys called character comedy confess course Cumberland death Doctor Bentley Dodington drama Dublin Edmund Burke elegant fame fancy father favour fortune Fulham Garrick gave genius gentleman give grandfather hand happy heart honour humour Ireland Johnson kind knew La Trappe labour lady lamented lived Lord Bute Lord Halifax Lord Lieutenant Lord of Trade manner master ment merit mind mother Nailstone nature never Northamptonshire occasion Oliver Goldsmith opinion party passed person play poem poet racter recollect resort Richard Richard Cumberland sate scene seemed speak spirit stage Stanwick stept stood studies style talents Tetworth theatre thing Thomas O'Rourke thou thought tion took Trinity Trinity College truly truth turn verses Westminster whilst whole William Gerard Hamilton wish write